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Foil 46 Secure Socket Layer (4)

From Security Infrastructure fo Electronic Commerce and Internet CPS714 Computational Science Information Track -- June 2 and June 7 99. by Roman Markowski
SSL was originally designed by Netscape
Netscape made C-based source code available for developers (SSLRef Library): http://home.netscape.com/eng/US-Current (US government restrictions)
SSL is open, not proprietary protocol
SSL is easy to apply and use because is built in all major Web browsers (IE, Netscape) and servers
SSL is using S/MIME to send secure data: a user transmitting information to an SSL server from within his browser will transmit that info within a S/MIME packet)

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